Wireless Networks For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 8. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-7645-7525-9 (ISBN)
Description
* An easy, practical guide to wireless networks, which allow users to roam wireless-enabled locations without being restricted by cables
* Shows step by step what it takes to plan a wireless network, set it up, make it work, and keep it safe
* Along the way, expert authors Davis and Lewis explain how to perform a site survey and explore issues such as selecting the right standard, mode, access point, channel, and antenna
* Explains how to install clients, set up roaming, and guard against risks and threats such as war driving, jamming, hijacking, and man-in-the-middle attacks
* Contains useful information on IEEE wireless standards, security vulnerabilities, administration tools, and places to connect while on the road
* Shows step by step what it takes to plan a wireless network, set it up, make it work, and keep it safe
* Along the way, expert authors Davis and Lewis explain how to perform a site survey and explore issues such as selecting the right standard, mode, access point, channel, and antenna
* Explains how to install clients, set up roaming, and guard against risks and threats such as war driving, jamming, hijacking, and man-in-the-middle attacks
* Contains useful information on IEEE wireless standards, security vulnerabilities, administration tools, and places to connect while on the road
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Barry D. Lewis | Peter T. Davis
Wireless Networks For Dummies
E-Book
10/2004
Wiley
€16.99
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Persons
Barry D. Lewis, CISSP, heads an information security consulting firm and presents seminars worldwide. Peter T. Davis has been an information systems audit and security expert for 24 years.
Content
Introduction.Part I: Planning and Acquiring Your Network.Chapter 1: Removing the Tethers: Entering the Wireless World.Chapter 2: If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail.Chapter 3: Matching Wireless Technologies to Your Plan.Part II: Implementing Your Wireless Network.Chapter 4: Getting a Quick Start with Wireless Personal Area Networks.Chapter 5: Moving On to a Wireless LAN: Your Wireless Access Point.Chapter 6: Connecting Your Clients.Chapter 7: Building the Multi-Zone Network.Chapter 8: Using Wireless on the Road to Connect to the Office.Part III: Using Your Network Securely.Chapter 9: Considering a Deadbolt: Understanding the Risks of Wireless Networks.Chapter 10: Designing a Secure Network.Chapter 11: Maintaining Network Security.Chapter 12: Secure Wireless Access with Virtual Private Networking.Part IV: Keeping Your Network on the Air - Administration and Troubleshooting.Chapter 13: Problems with Keeping on the Air.Chapter 14: Bridging Networks to Manage Coverage.Chapter 15: Dealing with Network Throughput Issues.Chapter 16: It's Ten O'Clock: Do You Know Where Your Access Points Are?Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 17: Ten Administrator Tools and What They Do.Chapter 18: Top Ten Ways to Secure Your Network.Chapter 19: Ten Ways Wireless Is Used in Business.Part VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: Industry Trade Associations.Appendix B: Wireless Standards.Appendix C: The Fundamentals of Radio Frequency.Index.